QoS Performance Testing of Multimedia Delivery over WiMAX Networks

Author

Reid, Douglas J. ; Srinivasan, Anand ; Almuhtadi, Wahab

Author_Institution

EION Wireless Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

21-24 June 2011

Firstpage

271

Lastpage

274

Abstract

This paper addresses the important performance issues that arises when multimedia traffic is carried over WiMAX systems. In future, WiMAX will be used in conjunction with other wireless systems to bring a variety of multimedia services. This paper presents the results of application testing using commercially available WiMAX products. The main focus is to show the effectiveness of QoS capabilities in delivering streaming multimedia such as IPTV and similar media content. The results provide a good indication on the applicability of WiMAX for multimedia applications. These findings will be followed up by field trials with IPTV and other live stream media.

Keywords

WiMax; media streaming; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; IPTV; QoS performance testing; WiMAX networks; WiMAX products; WiMAX systems; live stream media; multimedia delivery; multimedia streaming; multimedia traffic; IPTV; Media; Multimedia communication; Quality of service; Streaming media; Throughput; WiMAX; Best Effort (BE); Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC); Internet Protocol Tele- Vision (IPTV); Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM); Quality of Service (QoS); Real time Packet Service (rtPS); Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Data Compression, Communications and Processing (CCP), 2011 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Palinuro

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1458-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4528-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCP.2011.26

Filename

6061034